tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677649049588007585.post2393869604952187740..comments2018-02-07T03:29:21.897+00:00Comments on PL/SQL Challenge: Tweaking the Weekly Quizzes at the PL/SQL ChallengeSteven Feuersteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16619706770920320550noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677649049588007585.post-18240440145837586472015-03-27T18:06:26.023+00:002015-03-27T18:06:26.023+00:00Hello Steven, All,
I should confess that I have p...Hello Steven, All,<br /><br />I should confess that I have prepared a long reply to the previous proposal made at about the <br />Beginning of 2015,regarding splitting the different quiz categories into several narrower ones, like Performance, PL/SQL Packages, and so on.<br /><br />As by now, I understand that such an idea was abandoned at least for the moment, <br />and I am extremely glad about it, because it looked to me as something far too artificial to be done,<br />in addition to generating additional time pressure on the players by having to play too many quizzes,<br />or, instead, having to become selective and decide which quizzes they are going to play <br />and which they are not.<br /><br />Regardless of the quiz names, the important thing in my opinion is to keep the right balance between <br />the different topics that compose the material for each type of quiz.<br /><br />Thus, for example, in my opinion, Performance, though topmost important for everything we are doing,<br />is NOT and should not become a separate topic by itself, just as it is not in the real life, it is instead the common background for all the quizzes we play, so tackling performance problems is welcome <br />now and then, without separate dedicated quizzes to performance alone.<br /><br />Something very similar can be said about &quot;separating out&quot; the PL/SQL supplied packages <br />into a separate quiz.<br /><br />Deja Vu quizzes are always welcome, for those who still have spare time ...<br /><br />Playing is nice, but it is also very demanding, and I myself strongly feel that I don&#39;t have enough time <br />left for thinking upon creating new quizzes, due to the fact that, maybe, I am playing too much ... <br />or ... well ... I am spending too much time thinking over each quiz that I have played and, <br />far too often, played wrong ...<br /><br /><br />And, last but not least, of course, Happy 5th Anniversary to the PL/SQL Challenge, <br />and many more still to come :) :)<br /><br />I myself do feel as if I am already playing it for about 100 years.<br /><br /><br />Thanks a lot &amp; Best Regards,<br />Iudith<br />iudithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905902445036068357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677649049588007585.post-60075295467943930092015-03-27T17:43:46.619+00:002015-03-27T17:43:46.619+00:00Nice New Names
MargaNice New Names<br />MargaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com